THE DODGE ELECTRIC CAR takes to the streets.

Plus, a drag race between the Dodge EV and a Dodge Challenger.

S.E.C. CHARGES MARK CUBAN with insider trading.

GOVERNING IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST! What’s much better than a campaign contribution? Putting a powerful member of Congress’ wife on the payroll.

IN THE MAIL: Mike Huckabee’s new book, Do the Right Thing: Inside the Movement That’s Bringing Common Sense Back to America. It comes out tomorrow, and we’ll be interviewing him for the first PJTV version of The Glenn and Helen Show on Wednesday. If you’ve got any questions you think we should ask, email me with “Huckabee Interview” in the subject line.

HMM: Murdoch to media: You dug yourself a huge hole. “With newspapers cutting back and predictions of even worse times ahead, Rupert Murdoch said the profession may still have a bright future if it can shake free of reporters and editors who he said have forfeited the trust and loyalty of their readers.”

UPDATE: Following Circuit City’s lead?

WISCONSIN: Obama election triggers run on gun sales in state. Up 82% over last year. It’s an economic stimulus!

E.T.A. TERRORIST nabbed in France.

VIDEO: Baghdad Then and Now.

RADLEY BALKO: Obama Should Swear Off Executive Privilege. “Keeping his staff transparent and accountable would send a strong message about open government.” I’m predicting that things won’t work out this way. In fact, they already aren’t.

FINANCIAL PUNDITRY: As reliable as the other forms of punditry! But give all those financial shows credit, they had Shiff on. There’s probably less openness on non-financial pundit shows. . . .

So what’s Shiff’s economic prediction for the Obama Administration?

THOUGHTS ON winning vs. losing in Afghanistan.

SOME BASIC FINANCIAL QUESTIONS about auto bailout plans. Since total market capitalization for the Big Three is about $7 billion, why are we talking about loaning them $50 billion?

A THRILLING NEW STORY: The Adventures of Frankman and Doddman!

WELL, IT WOULD HAVE WORKED FOR MCCAIN IN SEPTEMBER: Saving the GOP by standing against bailouts?

CUT THEM OFF AT THE BANK: “In the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where much of Iran’s foreign trade is handled, local banks are refusing to do business with the 10,000 Iranian trading firms based there. This has caused delays and cancellations of Iranian imports (over $9 billion worth from the UAE last year) and exports. This is being felt by the rule elite in Iran. There, the large extended families of the clerical leadership live the good life, and the goodies come in via the UAE. The sudden shortages of iPods, flat screen TVs, automobiles and bling in general, has been noticed in Iran, and is not appreciated. The falling price of oil is producing another problem, national bankruptcy.”

Problem? I don’t see it as a problem, really . . . .

BARACK OBAMA WON THE COTTON BELT. (Via Professor Bainbridge).

“OH, YOU USED TO BE THE MAYOR.” Tony Williams stops a thief.

THE COUNTRYWIDE SCANDAL: It’s not just Chris Dodd! Postal Service investigates boss’s VIP mortgage.

The Postal Service is investigating whether the nation’s postmaster general improperly received a sweetheart deal on a mortgage from Countrywide Financial Corp., the chairman of the service’s governing board said.

Postmaster General John E. Potter is one of several prominent current and former U.S. officials who received discounts and other benefits from the mortgage giant. The Postal Service has hired an outside investigator to review the deal, which reportedly included one shaved point and waived fees for Potter’s $322,700 loan. . . .

Sens. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., and Kent Conrad, D-N.D., have acknowledged receiving mortgages through the VIP program but have said they were unaware of any favorable treatment. Dodd was instrumental in crafting a $700 billion bailout for the financial industry.

Stay tuned — there are more “friends of Angelo” out there, I suspect.

STANDING UP AGAINST THE BLUENOSES in Wisconsin.

FINALLY, A THIRD PARTY that I could get behind.